{"id":1211069,"date":"2022-09-26T11:00:45","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T11:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/26\/i-dont-sit-far-away-behind-my-pc-typing-doom-gabby-replies-prof-hanke\/"},"modified":"2022-09-26T11:00:45","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T11:00:45","slug":"i-dont-sit-far-away-behind-my-pc-typing-doom-gabby-replies-prof-hanke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/26\/i-dont-sit-far-away-behind-my-pc-typing-doom-gabby-replies-prof-hanke\/","title":{"rendered":"I don\u2019t sit far away behind my PC typing doom &#8211; Gabby replies Prof Hanke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/hanke22.png\" alt=\"I don\u2019t sit far away behind my PC typing doom - Gabby replies Prof Hanke\" class=\" bd-imagestyles-16\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\nI don\u2019t sit far away behind my PC typing doom &#8211; Gabby replies Prof Hanke <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has responded to a criticism\u00a0of him by Steve Hanke, a Professor of Applied Economics at the John Hopkins University.<\/h2>\n<p>Prof Hanke in a tweet said Mr Otchere-Darko &#8220;must be on another planet&#8221; for suggesting that President Akufo-Addo deserved praise for his handling of Ghana&#8217;s economic challenges. Per his own calculations, he also estimated that inflation was &#8220;at a stunning 81%\/yr&#8221;, 47% higher than the official figure of 33.9% announced by the Ghana Statistical Service.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Mr Otchere-Darko suggested that by being resident in Ghana he was better informed about the current economic situation in the country.<\/p>\n<p>He posted: &#8220;I live on the part of this planet called Ghana. I see, I feel how tough things are, especially for the average Ghanaian. I see how tough it is for Govt and the constant struggle to keep bills paid, kids in school, our lights on etc. I don\u2019t sit far away behind my PC typing doom&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Otchere-Darko had earlier stated that the government and the Ministry of Finance (MoF) deserved recognition for the manner in which it has handled the country&#8217;s economy despite the prevailing economic challenges.<\/p>\n<p>His comment followed the government&#8217;s signing of an agreement with 13 Participating Financial Institutions (PFIs). The agreement was to support the implementation of the commercial part of the GH\u00a210 billion YouStart entrepreneurship programme.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Otchere-Darko said the government deserves commendation because in spite of the challenges, salaries were still being paid and the various interventions by the government had not been altered.<\/p>\n<p>In a tweet on Thursday, September 22, 2022, Mr Otchere-Darko posted: &#8220;The Akufo-Addo government and in particular, MoF, deserve the nation&#8217;s commendation for their handling of the economy in these most challenging times.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Despite slump in revenues, bills are being paid, including salaries roads being fixed &#038; money found for programmes like YouStart&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"8b8ae48eea147619495d60e0-text\/javascript\">\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '771749920311523', {}, {agent: 'pljoomla'});\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script type=\"8b8ae48eea147619495d60e0-text\/javascript\">(function(d, s, id) {\n\t\t\t\t  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\t\t\t  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n\t\t\t\t  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\t\t\t\t  js.src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=342494502508165\";\n\t\t\t\t  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t\t\t\t}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don\u2019t sit far away behind my PC typing doom &#8211; Gabby replies Prof Hanke A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has responded to a criticism\u00a0of him by Steve Hanke, a Professor of Applied Economics at the John Hopkins University. 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